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The president of the Azores government (PSD/CDS-PP/PPM) demanded today the region's participation in the management of the Recovery and Resilience Transformation Programme (PTRR) through a regional structure or by participating in a national entity.
The solution for security in the Azores does not lie in more legislative bureaucracy or redundant diagnoses. It lies, instead, in professionalising what already exists.
The Portuguese government has extended, for two months, the suspension of the obligation to present debt certificates when applying for or using the mobility allowance in the Azores and Madeira, temporarily making it easier for residents to access the benefit.
After changes that, in Albuquerque's words, are a “far-fetched idea” and that go against the Constitution, the leader of the Madeiran executive proposes reverting to the old model, which “worked well”.
The Legislative Assembly of Madeira on Tuesday gave general approval to a draft bill to be sent to the Assembly of the Republic, aimed at changing the “unfair” measures and the “shambles” surrounding the mobility allowance. “The changes created are unfair, unnecessary and make no sense,” said PSD parliamentary leader Jaime Filipe Ramos during the debate.
The Portuguese Foreign Minister warned the European Union (EU) today that forgetting the outermost regions, such as Madeira and the Azores, 'will have a price in the future', attributing the tensions over Greenland to the 'lesser attention' paid to that autonomous Danish territory.